Rasmussen has been very consistent with other pollsters in Ohio, showing Obama with a moderate lead. It's certainly good news for Romney that he's now tied here.
There's usually not much joking at Rasmussen's reputation the many times his polling is consistent with others (which normally are). It's just whenever he shows Romney leading in a swing state.
Also, I'd hardly call Obama's small leads in Ohio "crushing".
Yeah, Ras polls are viewed as accurate pretty much elsewhere except this site.
False, they aren't viewed as accurate by any reputable site (many "serious" sites are awful). As far as I know, even many Republicans view Rass poll results as slanted and strange.
In the past couple months, I would argue Rasmussen's polling has looked more "on target" than PPP's. The only outlier Ras has had was probably the Romney +8 in NC - the rest of their recent polling looks entirely plausible. In comparision, PPP has Obama ahead in Missouri (which is probably less plausible than Romney ahead in Ohio), had Obama up 13 in New Hampshire, 12 in Virginia, and 10 in Iowa, which is contradictory to other polling in those states. If anyone believes those numbers are true, in comparision to what national numbers are showing, well, I have a bridge to sell you.
